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If you’re going to make that distinction, shouldn’t you also cite quotations where Jobs makes the claim to specifically be the inventor? It seems the charge in
by pohl 4y ago
If you’re going to make that distinction, shouldn’t you also cite quotations where Jobs makes the claim to specifically be the inventor? It seems the charge in this thread depends on blurring that boundary such that marketing on behalf of the company on stage and in interviews is equated with claims of being an inventor.
- foobarbecue 4y agoNobody said he claimed he was an inventor. I think we all agree that he was a pioneer, but not an inventor. Recap (paraphrased): "Jobs never invented anything" "He was a pioneer" "pioneer != inventor" "You have to show proof that he claimed he was an inventor!" "Nobody said he claimed he was an inventor."
- pohl 4y agoIt was said above that he was “playing the role” of being an inventor, and this observation was directly juxtaposed against a con man.
- foobarbecue 4y agoAh, I see. Yeah, I wouldn't accuse him of that. I was taking the "reality distortion field" talk to refer to the cultlike status Job's fandom reached at its peak, where the "famous for being famous" effect came into play. I don't think he qualifies as a con man, and I don't think he claimed personal credit for the inventions of others (he never "took the initiative and invented the internet" like Al Gore).